It appears that the author penned many books, which remained unpublished until after his death, this book being one of them. ... The only clue given to solve the mystery about when the author wrote the book hides itself in the foreword. ... Even though the author wrote this book in the latter half of the nineteenth-century, amazingly the advice remains prudent. ... The book, Moses: the Journey of Faith, illustrates the necessity of a strong faith in God, and the great wonders that may transpire through that faithfulness. ... If only we fed upon the promise of God daily as Moses did, think of s...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Authors will portray their idea of courage through their writing. ... Tim O'Brien, the author of The Things They Carried, shows his idea with himself as an example. ... Tim O'Brien thinks that you should do what you believe in, even if others disagree, where Melville thinks you must face great odds. ... In each piece of literature, each author had their own idea of what courage was. ... Herman Melville believed that you must face great, even danger or death. ...

• Word Count: 1458
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• Grade Level: High School

Part I: The Author and His Preparations James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in Burlington, NJ though raised in Cooperstown, NY. ... What he incorporates is great and probably general, but so far it has usually been beyond the full awareness of men. ... The author seemed to put his opinions into the mouth and actions of Hawkeye. ...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Relationship between Stories and Their Sources Most authors use some type of source when writing a story. ... Even great writers such as Shakespeare had a source in which their stories came from. ... A certain author may use a source to show different parallels between two stories or to show similarities between events or characters. ... Whatever the authors reason for picking a certain source it seems to give the story completion and significance. ... During the holiday, Atticus realizes how bad off his son is but still shows great love for him. ...

• Word Count: 1895
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• Grade Level: High School

To do this, it must convey a great deal of information in a short space of time. ... This author's style of writing is unique in that her work is comparable to the bible. ... Also, the ways this author describes snowdrifts are like that of snakes. ... To do this, it must convey a great deal of information in a short space of time. As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader. ...

• Word Count: 2012
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• Grade Level: High School

The persona of the poem shows great admiration for autumn and praises all its aspects. ... The author concentrates on giving autumn a personal and unique touch to allow readers to be able to see all the wonders of autumn. ... This is seen when the author describes autumn as a "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness". ...

• Word Count: 1272
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• Grade Level: High School

He has been great - Philo is almost making him out to have been god like. ... However, his speech also tells us that Antony is falling from greatness, by saying that he is becoming besotted with a woman - Cleopatra. ... Despite the fact that he seems to have power in every area in life, he demonstrates a great weakness in his love affair with Cleopatra that he gradually has prepared his own end. ... Thus we can appreciate Shakespeare one more time for he is the best author who can mix two or more genres in one play and never let them lose their characteristics. ...

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The next author to give me an insight on Italy was Dante". ... It is actually more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante Alighieri's eyes. ... Machiavelli readings gave a great view on how politics, war, and monarchies worked before the age of technology that I've grown accustom to. ... The authors gave me a view of the people while the lectures provided more of a visual picture of the country. ...

• Word Count: 2032
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• Grade Level: High School

Mirror Image Born on July 3, 1860, In Hartford Connecticut, although raised for most of her life in Rhode Island, author, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an extraordinary yet complex person who was plagued by and over came many obstacles in her life. ... The inability of both the author and the narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper to conform to society's norms or expectations caused each considerable grief, a grief that weighed heavily upon them, released in bouts of depression that would plague them for the rest of their lives. ... The lack of money forbade her from having much of a formal ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Isaiah 7:14, the author writes, "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Emmanuel." ... Jesus had a great mind and was a great teacher. ... While enduring this torture, Jesus was in a great amount of pain. ...

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Lenin, who was the more accomplished theorist and author of the two, outlined the major points of his work in his most important work: "What is to be Done." ... According to Robert Conquest, writer of The Great Terror - A Reassessment, before 1934 there was still some underground opposition to Stalin in the form of the Politburo as the highest branch of both Party and state it could still overrule him. ... The best example of Stalin's violent excess can be seen in his article: "The Great Turn". ...

• Word Count: 1728
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Beauty; the unattainable possession Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of literature's greatest and also most well known American writer's of his time. Hawthorne's brilliant use of symbolism is shown greatly in his writings. Being a lonely child while living in Salem, Massachusetts Hawthorne devoted a l...

• Word Count: 1481
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• Grade Level: High School

After months and months of suspense, love has finally been discovered. Love was not discovered by anyone in the classroom. Two characters in Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog- fell in love. It is such a romantic way to end the semester. Well, enough about school and on to the facts. In every sh...

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• Grade Level: High School

James wanted to perform Shakespeare's plays because they would allow him to achieve greatness as an actor by bringing out the best in Shakespeare. ... This magnificent, dismaying play is for Eugene O'Neill, the author, to forgive himself and family members for their past. ... I remember the frequent times my dad gave me the lecture on how I was an exceptional tennis player, and how I could achieve great things if I was dedicated and focused on success everyday. ...

• Word Count: 1904
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• Grade Level: High School

He is sent into the jungle with morals and truly believes in the ideals of imperialism; " I had immense plans I was on the threshold of great things.- (Conrad, 60) However, after looking inward upon his soul he realizes that it is dark and hollow. ... In fact, almost all of Africa was partitioned between Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Leopold's Congo. ...

• Word Count: 2001
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate